I was born in Longview, Texas and raised in Gilmer, Texas. I’ve been draw­ing since I could hold a pen­cil. Most of my art pieces were in pen­cil, char­coal, or pen and ink until I was in col­lege. I used to enter my art into the Gilmer Yam­boree Art Show when I was In High School. I won first Place twice and Best of Show once. I served in the U.S. Army in the 25th Infantry Divi­sion after High School. It was in my sec­ond year of col­lege that I picked up a paint­brush for the first time, and I was not very good at it. I think I have a decent eye for design and move­ment, and I know a few math tricks that help me a lot when work­ing through the com­po­si­tion process, so I kept at it as a hob­by while I pur­sued my career in var­i­ous tech-relat­ed jobs. I’ve only been pro­duc­ing art full time since the quar­an­tine of 2020. I’ve been cre­at­ing an aver­age of 1–2 paint­ings per month since then.